Sparta, TN
Criminal defense Lawyer at Sparta, TN
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Divorce & Separation, DUI & DWI
OUTCOME: Won -- succeeded in having the trial court's adverse ruling reversed by the Court of Appeals.
Post-divorce petition seeking modification of residential parenting schedule. The trial court ruled against client, finding that client's proof was insufficient to justify a modification. The Court o ... f Appeals reversed that ruling, finding that sufficient proof had been shown at trial to justify a modification to the residential parenting schedule.
OUTCOME: Won -- Charges dismissed.
Still cited for the affirmation that, in Tennessee, if the arrest or police search is bad, the evidence is also bad, and there is still no exception to this rule. Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court and som ... e states, the Tennessee Supreme Court has not adopted a "good faith exception" to the rule excluding evidence obtained through an otherwise unreasonable search or invalid arrest. I won my motion to suppress the arrest and search of my client, and the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the trial court's ruling.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
Charge: Aggravated Assault on former girlfriend.
OUTCOME: Won -- Found not guilty of felony theft; jury only convicted client of JOYRIDING, a misdemeanor. Client was released on time served.
Client was charged with theft over $60,000 -- of a tractor/trailer, loaded with Cracker Jacks. Because of his prior felony convictions, he faced 12 to 20 years in prison if convicted. Despite an offer ... to settle of 8 years, he opted to go to trial. I convinced the jury that he did not steal the semi rig that he was found sleeping in.
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